Najibullah Zadran, bowlers drive Afghanistan to series sweep
Asghar Afghan tops MS Dhoni, becomes most successful men's T20I captain of all time
20/03Result
3rd T20I, Zimbabwe tour of United Arab Emirates at Abu Dhabi, Mar 20 2021
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![Afghanistan]( "Afghanistan")
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![Zimbabwe]( "Zimbabwe")
136/5 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
20/03Result
3rd T20I, Zimbabwe tour of United Arab Emirates at Abu Dhabi, Mar 20 2021
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![Afghanistan]( "Afghanistan")
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![Zimbabwe]( "Zimbabwe")
136/5 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
Najibullah Zadran
72(35) 5x4 - 5x6
Control %83%
- Productive Shot
- slog shot
- 17 runs
- 1x4 - 1x6
Sikandar Raza
41(29) 2x4 - 1x6
Control %75%
- Productive Shot
- pull
- 10 runs
- 1x4 - 1x6
Best performances - Bowlers
Karim Janat
- O4
- M0
- R34
- W2
- Eco8.50
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
R Ngarava
- O4
- M0
- R35
- W2
- Eco8.75
| 1W | 1W | |||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Match Details
Toss
Afghanistan , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
Afghanistan won the 3-match series 3-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.00 start, First Session 14.00-15.30, Interval 15.30-15.50, Second Session 15.50-17.20
Match days
20 March 2021 (20-over match)
T20I debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
AFGHANISTAN 183/7 (20 OVERS)
- Najibullah Zadran*72 (35)
- Usman Ghani39 (31)
- Richard Ngarava2/35 (4)
- Blessing Muzarabani2/41 (4)
ZIMBABWE 136/5 (20 OVERS)
- Sikandar Raza*41 (29)
- Ryan Burl*39 (31)
- Naveen-ul-Haq1/17 (3)
- Karim Janat2/34 (4)
Scorer: @Thilak_Rama
END OF OVER:20 | 15 Runs | ZIM: 136/5 (48 runs required, RR: 6.80)
- Ryan Burl39 (31b)
- Sikandar Raza41 (29b)
- Karim Janat4-0-34-2
- Fazalhaq Farooqi4-0-27-1
That's all from this game, thanks for joining us. Bye!
Afghanistan won by 47 runs. Another comprehensive victory for Afghanistan, wins the series 3-0... Asghar Afghan now has the most wins in T20Is as a captain.
Najibullah Zadran is Player of the match Karim Janat is Player of the series
Yushey: "Zimbabwe batted pretty well in the first two matches but this match with loss of just 5 wickets, they are miles away from the target. "
19.6
6
Karim Janat to Burl, SIX, fuller and outside off, Burl hammers it away to wide of deep midwicket fence
19.5
0
Karim Janat to Burl, no run, slower and short outside off, tries to pull but is beaten by the lack of pace
19.4
4
Karim Janat to Burl, FOUR, on a length, slogs it across the line and gets it behind square leg for a boundary
19.3
1
Karim Janat to Sikandar Raza, 1 run, dropped..length ball wide of off, driven towards the extra cover. The fielder there able to timed the jump and get hands onto it, but fails to held it. A very tough chance.
19.2
1
Karim Janat to Burl, 1 run, low full toss on off, clipped away to deep midwicket
19.1
3
Karim Janat to Sikandar Raza, 3 runs, full toss on middle, driven to wide of sweeper cover by backing away
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